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Come on. I have a B.A. in linguistics, which is a social science and, to be honest, is more empirically rigorous than some highly theoretical subfields of compu
by pcwalton 7y ago
Come on. I have a B.A. in linguistics, which is a social science and, to be honest, is more empirically rigorous than some highly theoretical subfields of computer science. Skim through a syntax or phonology textbook if you ever get the chance. It's about as close to pure Karl Popper "philosophy of science" as you can get. And it's studying something very concrete: the human brain and its unique (as far as we know) capacity for language.
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- rayiner 7y agoI’m thinking more of most of these: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_social_science https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_social_science
- pcwalton 7y agoMost of those—e.g. psychology, a field which has led to significant improvements in well-being worldwide—have no political bent. If you want to criticize anthropology, say "anthropology", not "social science".